Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Exceptions to paternity right.

108.—(1) The paternity right is not infringed by anything done under section 52 , 53 (5), 71 , 72 or 88 .

(2) The paternity right shall not apply to anything done by or with the authority of the copyright owner where the copyright in the work originally vested in an employer under section 23 .

(3) The paternity right shall not apply in relation to a work made for the purpose of reporting current events.

(4) The paternity right shall not apply to a work made for the purposes of—

(a) a newspaper or periodical, or

(b) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of reference,

or in relation to a work made available to the public with the licence of the author for those purposes.

(5) The paternity right shall not apply in relation to a work—

(a) in which Government or Oireachtas copyright subsists, or

(b) in which the copyright originally vested in a prescribed international organisation,

unless the author has previously been identified as the author in or on copies of the work which have been lawfully made available to the public.